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09 June 2023 05:30

📔 shotgun house



📋Meaning
slang A one-story house in which each room is in a straight alignment with the others, connected by a continuous hallway running from the front to the back of the residence. Chiefly used in the Southern United States.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣When our whole family goes to stay in my grandmother's shotgun house in New Orleans, it always feels like we're all right on top of one another.
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08 June 2023 11:10

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07 June 2023 17:30

📔 go-getter


📋Meaning
If someone is a go-getter, they are very energetic and eager to succeed.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣"they went to great lengths to select a team of go-getters willing to learn about the latest in high-tech manufacturing"
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06 June 2023 05:30

📔 a ballpark figure | a ballpark estimate


📋Meaning
If you give a ballpark figure or a ballpark estimate, you give a number which you think is fairly close to the actual one.

🤔For example ⬇️

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05 June 2023 05:30

📔 At the drop of a hat (part of a sentence)



📋Meaning
  To do something without any hesitation.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 If Tara hears her favorite song, she’ll belt out the lyrics at the drop of a hat.
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04 June 2023 07:32

📔 Drink like a fish


📋Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm worried about Paul—he's been drinking like a fish again.

🗣 I hate going to fraternity parties—it's not very fun when I'm sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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03 June 2023 05:33

📔 Down in the dumps 



📋Meaning
  sad, unhappy, discouraged and/or depressed.

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🗣I've been down in the dumps since my cat died.

🗣Every winter I feel down in the dumps when it gets dark really early in the evening.

🗣She's been down in the dumps since her parents announced they are getting divorced.
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01 June 2023 17:49

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01 June 2023 05:31

📔 quake like a leaf



📋Meaning
To tremble violently with fear or nervousness.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣My brother is so strong and scary-looking that he leaves people quaking like a leaf when he threatens them.

🗣I was quaking like a leaf when I went up to deliver my speech.
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31 May 2023 05:30

📔 blow (one's) stack


📋Meaning
To become very angry, often quickly.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Oh man, Dad is going to blow his stack when he sees that I wrecked his car!
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30 May 2023 09:26

📔 plastic grin


📋Meaning
A forced, artificial smile; a smile someone wears despite having no feelings of happiness or joy.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣John seemed fine at first glance, but before long I could tell that he was wearing a plastic grin and that something was bothering him.

🗣Look at his big plastic grin—he's such a con man! I sure hope he doesn't win the election.
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29 May 2023 05:30

📔 be in pursuit


📋Meaning
Following or chasing someone or something.

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🗣The burglar got away, but I called the police, and now they're in pursuit.
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28 May 2023 08:56

📔 give (someone) the stink eye



📋Meaning
To make a facial expression of unreserved disgust, contempt, disapproval, distrust, or general ill will toward someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Some guy across the bar has been giving me the stink eye since we came in. It must be something to do with my outfit.

🗣I must have done something wrong on Friday because the boss gave me the stink eye as soon as I came into work on Monday.
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27 May 2023 05:30

📔 stuffed to the gills



📋Meaning
Completely full; teeming; having no room to spare.


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🗣I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is stuffed to the gills!

🗣Her mind was stuffed to the gills with ideas for her new book.

🗣I felt stuffed to the gills after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
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26 May 2023 05:30

📔odd duck

📋Meaning
A rather unusual, strange, or peculiar person.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣His new girlfriend is nice enough, but she's a bit of an odd duck, don't you think?

🗣Jake is a bit of an odd duck, a zealous survivalist who has trained his son in the arts of camouflage, self-defense and living off the grid.

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08 June 2023 17:30

📔 A man of his words


📋Meaning
A man who keeps promises, who can be trusted

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣If you were a man of your word, you would be on time.
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08 June 2023 05:30

📔 send a shiver down (one's) spine



📋Meaning
To cause an intense feeling of excitement, exhilaration, nervousness, or fear in someone.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The way that sonata swells always sends a shiver down my spine.

🗣It sent a shiver down my spine when Dorothy gave me such an amorous look.

🗣Can we get out of here? This creepy old house is sending a shiver down my spine!
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06 June 2023 17:30

📔 go out with the girls


📋Meaning
To go and socialize somewhere with a group of exclusively female friends.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I love my boyfriend and all, but sometimes, I just need to go out with the girls!
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05 June 2023 17:31

📔 backpedal


📋Meaning
To quickly and often abruptly reverse or retreat from one's position or opinion on a given subject. Refers to pedaling backwards on a bicycle (done to apply the brakes on fixed-gear bikes), or to taking quick, backward steps, as in football or boxing.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣The actor had to backpedal when he let slip a racist remark during the press conference.
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04 June 2023 18:02

📔 not utter a word


📋Meaning
To be completely silent; to remain discreet (about something); to not tell anyone (about something).


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣All the while our father was shouting at us, my sister and I didn't utter a word.

🗣Tom, don't you dare utter a word about this! I would die of embarrassment if anyone were to find out.
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03 June 2023 18:07

📔 sleep like a baby



📋Meaning
To experience a very deep and restful sleep; to sleep soundly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣I can't believe you finished a triathlon! You're going to sleep like a baby tonight.

🗣I have to set numerous alarms for the morning because I sleep like a baby every night!
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02 June 2023 17:30

📔 close as the bark to the tree


📋Meaning
As connected as is possible. Often used to describe a particularly intimate relationship or friendship.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣Jenna and Elise are as close as the bark to the tree—I rarely see one without the other!
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01 June 2023 17:30

📔 Hit the Road



📋Meaning
  to leave (especially to go home); to depart on a journey (especially to travel to a place by car).



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm sorry but I have to go home—we're hitting the road to Chicago early in the morning.  

🗣 What time are we hitting the road tomorrow?
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31 May 2023 17:31

📔 At a snail's pace



📋Meaning
Very slowly.


🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 I'm never coming to this restaurant again. They serve the food at a snail's pace.      

🗣I recommend you bring a book when you go to the post office. It's the holidays and they always work at a snail's pace this time of year.     

🗣  Traffic was moving at a snail's pace so I arrived 45 minutes late for work.
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30 May 2023 17:30

📔 Up to one's eyeballs




📋Meaning
  to have a very large amount of something to do or be very busy with something

to emphasize the extreme degree of some undesirable or unwanted thing



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 We've been using our credit cards so much we're now up to our eyes in debt.

🗣 If you don't wash your clothes again this weekend you'll be up to your eyeballs in laundry.
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29 May 2023 17:30

📔 Lost at sea



📋Meaning
  To be confused about something or to feel unsure about what to do.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “I am lost at sea with this new system at work. I just can’t understand it.”
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28 May 2023 17:30

📔 To have sticky fingers



📋Meaning
  To be a thief.



🤔For example ⬇️

🗣 “The manager fired the cashier because he had sticky fingers. He stole more than $200 in a month.”
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27 May 2023 17:31

📔 Ring a bell



📋Meaning
  the idiom means that somebody has mentioned something that sounds familiar to you, perhaps you’ve heard it before. In other words, when someone says something that you believe you’ve heard in the past, alarm bells start ringing and you try to remember how or why that name or place sounds familiar.



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“Hmmm, I’m not sure, but that name rings a bell. Was she the one who went to Paris last year?”
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26 May 2023 17:30

📔know the ropes

📋Meaning
To know how to do something properly; from novice crew members on sailing ships having to learn what all the ropes were for and how to handle them.

🤔For example ⬇️

🗣“You won't have to train the new computer operator; she already knows the ropes.”

🗣He tried hiring more salesmen to push his radio products, but they took too much time to learn the ropes.
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26 May 2023 05:30

📚give the green light


✍🏾Meaning
If you give something the green light, you give permission for it to be done, or allow it to happen.


❗️For example

🔸The government has given the green light to our tree-planting project, so we can go ahead and start organizing things.

🔸As soon as our CEO gives the new product the green light, we'll start planning production.

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